New Earth: Batwoman

Chapter 24

"Kate, we need to talk." Sophie said as she entered Kate's office.

"Is this about the sorry state my security team is in?" Kate asked.

"No, I'm taking a great amount of joy in whipping them into shape." Sophie said and Kate chuckled.

"So, what is it you wanted to talk to me about?" Kate asked.

"It's about your dad." Sophie said.

"What about him?" Kate asked.

"It's not just Batwoman and the Huntress he wants to take down. I'm pretty sure he wants to wage war against all vigilantes, including Superman and Supergirl." Sophie said.

"Wait what?" Kate asked, thinking that she'd misheard Sophie.

"Yeah, my thoughts exactly, but when I confronted your dad when I quit, he all but confirmed that he believed that Superman and Supergirl were threats that needed to be taken down and I'm guessing he also wouldn't hesitate to take down these other heroes like the Flash or Green Arrow." Sophie said.

"And he expects this city to trust him with its safety while he wants to take down all of this world's heroes. What a hypocrite." Kate said.

"Yeah, I thought that since you likely have a way to contact them, you could give them a heads up." Sophie said.

"I have a direct line to Supergirl, I will let her know." Kate said, her faith that Sophie really had changed growing even more.

"Great. But anyways, is there anything in that world I can do to help?" Sophie asked.

"Unless you know where Alice is holding my mom no. Huntress and I have run down every lead we can find, but no luck yet." Kate said.

"You'll find her Kate." Sophie said.

"I hope so. I thought she was dead for so long and considering the maniac Alice has become, there's no telling what kind of shape she'll be in." Kate said.

"At least you know she's still alive. Alice will keep her alive as leverage to use against you." Sophie said as a thought came to Kate.

"What? I know that look. You've got an idea." Sophie said.

"What if Alice is bluffing? So far, we've just been taking her word for it, but like I said, she's crazy. She could just be saying she has my mom to keep me in check." Kate said.

"So now you want to get a message to Alice to have her prove it to you." Sophie said and Kate nodded.

"And that message can be used to trace a location and even if it won't, I'll know she's still alive." Kate said.

"Have to admit, that is a brilliant plan." Sophie said.

"Thanks, now get back to work." Kate said and Sophie nodded as she walked out of the office and Kate sent a text to Luke and Helena to meet her in the Batcave.

"Okay, what was so urgent that you wanted us to meet you here now?" Helena asked.

"I think I may have an idea on how to find out where Alice is holding my mom." Kate said.

"How?" Luke asked.

"We call her bluff. Use one of her minions to send a message to her, demanding real, video proof that she has my mom. Once she does, since there's no way she'll turn down a challenge from me, Luke, you can trace the communication to at least give us a place to start looking." Kate said.

"Okay, so let's do it." Helena said and Luke nodded in agreement.

"We'll start hunting tonight after work." Kate said and they both nodded their agreement as Helena walked away, but Kate stopped Luke from following.

"What's up?" Luke asked.

"I've been thinking about maybe restoring Helena's memories. It isn't fair to her if we have information that could be useful, but we can't tell her the source." Kate said.

"I get that. But Kate, you have to remember that Helena was a different person in the old reality." Luke said.

"I know, but there's still a chance that remembering her life here could help sway her decision. But before I do anything, I'll call Oliver Queen, since he knows the old world Helena better than either of us do." Kate said and Luke nodded in agreement of that as they left the batcave as well.